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"She&amp;apos;s snookin&amp;apos; for a new love.\r\nAfter nearly eight months together, Jersey Shore&amp;apos;s Snooki and beau Jionni LaValle have parted ways, a source confirms to Us Weekly.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;They broke up,&amp;quot; the insider says. LaValle, 23, recently visited Snooki, 22 (real name: Nicole Polizzi) in Italy, where she and her Jersey Shore cast are currently shooting season 4 of their MTV smash.  But the dolce vita holiday didn&amp;apos;t work out. &amp;quot;[He] came home early,&amp;quot; the insider says.\r\n\r\nThe duo first stepped out together at NYC&amp;apos;s Butter in September of last year-- and got serious in October, with LaValle &amp;quot;bonding&amp;quot; &amp;apos;with the reality star&amp;apos;s dad. &amp;quot;She wasn&amp;apos;t sure about him at first and kept asking her friends what they thought of him,&amp;quot; another pal told Us at the time. &amp;quot;She was hesitant because he isn&amp;apos;t the typical gorilla.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAdds the first source: &amp;quot;She was planning on buying a house ... down the street from his parents.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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